Nut-lock.



I. PEYTON.

NUT LOOK.

AFPLIUATION FILED JULY 25, 1913.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914,

F}; fro/v INVENTOR ATTORNEY ISAAC PEYTON, or srnr'nortnm, ILLINOIS.

- Nor-Lock.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

Application filed July 25. 1913. Serial No. 781,288.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC PEYTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsm nut locks for rail joints.

An object of my invention is to rovide a device which Wlll afi'ord means or preventing the loosening of the nuts on the bolts provided for the urpose of uniting the joining members to t e meeting ends of a pair of rails.

Another object is to rovide a device of the above character which will be eflicient and simple in design, and which ma be easily and quickly applied to its wor ing position.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists of certain peculiarities of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :--Figure 1 is, a perspective view -of the device of my invention, shown in its workin position at the rail joint. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the nut locking device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the vertical nut lock plate. Fig. 4 is a fll'ont elevation of the horizontal nut locking p ate.

Referring now to the drawings,.numeral 1 designates the meeting ends of two rails, forming the rail joint A, in the usual well known manner, reinforcing member 5 overlapping the joint and positioned on the outer side of the rail. Reinforcin member 5 is provided with projecting est 7, at right angles to the lip-standing reinforcing portion, and adapted to be engaged by s ikes 9 .in fixed relation to railway ties olts 10 are adapted to pass through reinforcing member 5 and ralls 1, having heads on the inner side of the rails, and nuts designated as 10 against the outer face of reinforcin member5.

In t e angle formed by re nforcing member 5 and the projecting feet 7, a nut locking device is provlded, consisting of a horizontal plate 12 and a vertical plate 13. Said plates are hinged together by means of ln s 14 carried on the lower face of plate 13, said lugs being adapted to mesh with cut-out portions 15.carried by plate 12. Pins 16, or similar suitable means, are provided for hinging the two members together. Slots 19 carried in the upper portion of vertical lock plate 13, and slots 20 in'horizontal lock plate 12 are adapted to mesh with nuts 10' and 11 respectivel said slots being of sufiicient width to allow the nuts to fit loosely therein. It will be readily seen that the nut locking device, when fitted in place in the an le provided on reinforcing member 5, wil prevent the nuts from further turning on their bolts. S rin s 17 are rigidly attached to the vertical ock plate 13 by rivets 18, or similar means, said springs having free ends adapted to press downward against the horizontal plate, for the purpose of holding the plates in a stationary position after their application about the nuts.

From the foregoin description it will be clearly understood t at the device of my invention provides an improvement in nut locks, which will efi'ectively provide means for locking the nuts at a rail joint.

It will also be seen that my device is simple in design, and that it may be easily and quickly applied to its workin position.

Changes wit in the spirit am? scope of the appended claims may be made as it is obvious that the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be varied in many ways.

Having thus described my what I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with bolts and nuts uniting invention,

. rail ends with a su porting late and a reinforcing member, 0 a nut 100 'ng device having a horizontal lock plate hinged to a vertical lock plate, said lock plates provided with slots adapted to kee said nuts from turning upon said bolts, an springs carried by one moaeie nut locking plates provided with slots keeping said nuts from turning upon said bolts, 10 and spring means for holding said lockin plates in position, substantially as describe 4 ISAAC Witnewes: V V a J. W. PEYTQN, SARAH SCHWARTZ,- 

